New Franklin February Math Links


Enjoy these geometry-themed games and activities designed to thaw your mid-winter chills with shapes, angles and symmetry.

Primary Level

Shape Lab

Help Pablo finish his invention by handing him the right shape.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/numeracy/shapes/fs.shtml

Turning Shapes

Our lawyers have advised us to say this has no relation to Tetris
http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/tetris/tetris2.html

Patch Tool

A fun combination of art and polygon explorations
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=27

Tangram Puzzles

Tangram puzzles from the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_112_g_2_t_1.html

Intermediate Level

Gorilla

Determine the best angle and level of force to get the banana to hit it’s mark.
http://www.hqprimary.co.uk/gorilla/

Dino Dig

Use a coordinate grid to dig up fossils
http://www.counton.org/games/virtualmathfest/dinosaur.html

Robo-Packer

Move the robots into postion to pack them into the case.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/swfs/robopacker_grade3.html

Ladybug Maze

This will seem familiar to those who remember driving the turtle around in Logo – with a maze twist.
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_141_g_2_t_3.html

Squirt the Dog
Figure out the best angle of the hose for squirting Fido.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/shape_space/angles/play_popup.shtml


Math Links Archive


Games and Resources aligned to Everyday Math Units, from the Center School District of Missourri
K Everyday Math Games
Grade 1 Everyday Math Games
Grade 2 Everyday Math Games
Grade 3 Everyday Math Games
Grade 4 Everyday Math Games
Grade 5 Everyday Math Games

Primary


Addition and subtraction

Lake Mathatobie: Reel in some fish with addition skills
Add It Up: Challenging addition game
Landing Craft: Math blastery addition game.
Sum Sense: Addition challenge
Test the Toad: Addition
Sum Stacker: Drag values from stack to stack until they match the value below.
Trimathalon
Catch10: Help bear form groups of ten.
Snakes and Ladders:Online Chutes and Ladders from Count On; an excellent math site.
Bitesize Math: Repair the slide bybuildingpairs that add up to 20.

Telling Time

Bedtime Bandits: Telling Time


Money

Connect Sums: Use coins or dice to make the correct sum combination
Coin Madness and Matching Money:Two currency challenges from Sheppard software.
Farm Stand Math: units and money on the farm
Cash out: Making change

Shapes, Patterns, and Puzzles

Buggin’ Out: Manipulate shapes to make a path for the bug to reach the flower

Number Order and Place Value

Number Jump: Swat flies by moving the ball the correct number of spaces on the number line
Shark Numbers: Practice place value and keep Sharky from eating your boat.
Place Value Sharks: Click the number bubble equal to the number of squares to save your surfboard

Fractions

Flitting with Fractions: What fraction of the butterflies can you collect?
Fraction Monkeys: ­ Hang monkeys on equivalent fractions. Two difficulty levels

Number Sense

Todd and Stevens Odds and Evens: from the Bobber’s Farm site
Bobbie Bear: How many outfits can Bobbie wear?
Ant Parade: A cute early number matching activity


Intermediate


Fractions

Turkey Terminator: Fractions and throwing pies at turkeys. Who could ask for more?
Math Splat: Keep the gnats from going splat on the windshield by correctly adding fractions.
Fraction Frenzy: ­ This gets tough.
Fraction Pizza
Skillswise Fractions, Decimals, and Percents from the BBC

Multiplication

Multiflyer ­ Multiplication practice
Speed Grid Multiplication Challenge: Set your own speed and number of problems
The Flight of the Knight: Knights, Catapults and Multiplication – a great recipe for learning and fun.
Meteor Multiplication: Aaahhh…they’re coming closer!
Multiplication Puzzle ­ Fill in multiplication holes in this puzzling grid.
Ghostblasters: Blasting ghastly multiples
Grid Game: Another goofy game from the BBC Education site. Please Pythagorus with correct answers.
Sum Sense: Set your own time and number of questions in this great number sense and computational challenge

Division
Snork!long division
Drag Race Division
Demolition Division

Decimal and place values

Place Value Golf: Help duck drive the ball. Set your own difficulty level.
Decimal Detectives: Find the crooked decimal on this goofy sleuthing site
Place­ Value Pirates ­ Decimal Place Value

Geometry

Alien Angles: Geometry
Banana Hunt­ Estimating degrees of angles

Logic Puzzles

Wall’s Logic: A frustrating logic puzzle
Pattern Generator: Pattern recognition challenge with some pretty challenging levels. From the extensive Shodor Interactivate site.
Totem Destroyer: A spatial puzzle that may keep folks up at night.
Power Lines ­ Math Reasoning skills ­ addictive for adults too.
Bloxorz: Frustrating enough to keep you awake at night
Java Kali ­ Neat symmetry site

Estimation


Estimation games
Find it fast
Mr. Nussbaum's Estimation Valley
PBS Kids Ballpark Estimation
Estimator Four
Estimation with a number line
Estimating Size
Estimating with Word Problems
Unique Estimating Practice

Graphing
Create a graph online with Kids Zone